batman_fan Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 On 1/6/2018 at 11:27 AM, aokartman said: Hope I did this right. Glare because this is a framed piece. Best, David That is a great cover ! Came out in my early collecting years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r100comics Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 14 hours ago, Garry Ghoul said: 2017 was a very big year for me as a collector! I reduced my collection and was lucky enough to buy this materpieces: http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1398190 http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1426236 http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1379946 That J.I.M. #121 page is killer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) It's always a good year when there are more than five candidates for "Best Of"! Regardless of whether I've had "big" or "little" pieces in my Lowry, I'm proud to have participated every year I've been on CAF. My picks for 2017: Published/Unpublished: Covers: MASTER OF KUNG-FU #117 Cover (Gene Day) Published: Interior Panel Pages: ALACK SINNER Vol.1 p.196 (Jose Munoz) Published: Strip Art: SECRET AGENT CORRIGAN 2/4/1975 (Al Williamson) Published/Unpublished: Commissions: ALIENS (Daniel Warren Johnson) ALIEN (Dave McKean) Thanks to all for sharing! Edited January 15, 2018 by Nexus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Peck Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Voting starts Monday January TODAY Voting end January 21th (Sunday) Here are the instructions: 1) Goto https://www.comicartfans.com/Login.asp 2) Login in 3) Goto http://www.comicartfans.com/Lowry.asp 5) Look through the entries for that category and pick up to 5 (yes 5 votes per category) 6) YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN AND flagged as a comicart-L member before you will the link tha reads: "TO VOTE CLICK HERE" and select the link. 7) Click that and you will have a pop-up window with 5 pulldown menus showing all the pieces of art from the Category you are in. Be aware of the instructions on the page. You will only be able to vote ONE time. If you only pick four pieces and leave the last one blank you will not be able to come back and pick one more. After you vote, click the 'Close Window' link to return to the Category listing. Once you vote, the link on the Category page to vote will no longer be there after you leave the page. Please don't ask us to vote again or change your votes. It is as simple as that. No one can vote again for that category since the link wont appear. We are tracking the UserID of the person voting so they can never vote again for a Category. 8) Go onto the next category. Repeat steps 6-8 for the other 6 categories. Email me with any questions or problems. A big thanks goes out to Bill and his team for getting this together. Be seeing you, Brian Edited January 15, 2018 by Brian Peck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voord Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) My votes (in order they were listed, as opposed to order of preference): Published/Unpublished Covers ROM SPACEKNIGHT # 3 cover (Frank Miller) GHOST RIDER # 2 cover (Frank Frazetta) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 98 cover (Gil Kane) TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED # 7 cover (Art Adams) JUDGE DREDD cover (Brian Bolland) Published Splash Pages & Pinups PLANET COMICS # 24 splash (Joe Doolin) BATMAN # 14 splash (Jerry Robinson) KAMANDI # 16 chapter splash (Jack Kirby) HAWK & DOVE #1 pages 16 & 17 (Steve Ditko) PLANET COMICS # 37 splash (Lily Renee) Published Interior Panel Pages DAREDEVIL # 11 page 17 (Bob Powell & Wally Wood) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN # 34 page 6 (Steve Ditko) FANTASTIC FOUR # 61 page 16 (Jack Kirby & Joe Sinnott) AVENGERS # 5 page 2 (Jack Kirby & Paul Reinman) STRANGE TALES # 125 page 21 (Steve Ditko & George Roussos) Published Strip Art SKYMASTERS daily 2-21-1959 (Jack Kirby & Wally Wood) FLASH GORDON Sunday 2-23-1936 (Alex Raymond) SKYMASTERS daily 10-27-1958 (Jack Kirby & Wally Wood) CISCO KID daily 6-21-1951 (Jose Luis Salinas) SECRET AGENT CORRIGAN daily 2-4-1975 (Al Williamson) Published/Unpublished Commissions BATMAN/DEATH DEALER (Jorge Molina) BATMAN (Todor Hristov) NIGHTWALK (Jim Woodring) HARVEY BLACK CAT (Gilbert Vigonte) TRY TO REMAIN CALM (Richard Sala) Unpublished Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches (In previous years I've not cast any votes in this category, as usually there's nothing of interest to me, but this year I actually found some artworks I liked). ANTMAN & WASP (Alan Davis) DKR HOMAGE (Dell'Otto) RAMONA FLOWERS (Brian Stelfreeze) LONE WOLF & CUB (Tom Fowler) SPACEGIRL (Paola Rivera) Unpublished/Published Other THE SAVAGE (Frank Frazetta) INDIANA JONES (Drew Struzan) HELLBOY (Kent Williams) BLAZING SADDLES (Don Stivers) THE SURVIVOR (Murray Tinkelman) Well done to everyone who entered into this yearly round-up of acquisitions. Edited January 16, 2018 by The Voord Rune 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Machismo Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Odd, my White Knight splash page is listed in the covers category, despite being labelled as a Splash. Hopefully that's an isolated incident and not elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_not_so_nice Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 14 minutes ago, Mr. Machismo said: Odd, my White Knight splash page is listed in the covers category, despite being labelled as a Splash. Hopefully that's an isolated incident and not elsewhere. That's the category you put it in. What you titled the image is irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Peck Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 17 minutes ago, Mr. Machismo said: Odd, my White Knight splash page is listed in the covers category, despite being labelled as a Splash. Hopefully that's an isolated incident and not elsewhere. WIll look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Peck Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, mister_not_so_nice said: That's the category you put it in. What you titled the image is irrelevant. But it is listed in the splash page category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_not_so_nice Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, Brian Peck said: But it is listed in the splash page category. well then, that IS curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Peck Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Here are my picks for the Best of 2017. Always love looking thru all the artwork everyone has posted. Quite a variety. My one criteria is that I would love to add the piece to my collection. Which makes choosing tough. Published/Unpublished: Covers APARO: Adventure Comics #439: The Spectre by Jim Aparo Gallery of MY NAME IS LEGION Brave and the Bold #104 by Nick Cardy Gallery of Ron Sonenthal Uncanny X-Men #185 cover by John Romita Jr. Gallery of Jeremy Radisich Micronauts 50 WRAPAROUND COVER by Butch Guice Gallery of Andrew Allen Tor #6 by Joe Kubert Gallery of Steve Kriozere Honorable Mentions CONAN 124 COVER by John Buscema Gallery of Sam 06 Marvel Legacy 1 Cover Terry Dodson Gallery of Ankur J Ghost Rider #2 Cover by Frank Frazetta Gallery of James Halperin Published: Splash Pages, Pinups Prince Namor The Sub-Mariner 2 Splash by John Buscema and Frank Giacoia Gallery of Sam 06 Ones of the best pages from the series by John John New Teen Titans 4 DPS pages 2 and 3 by George Perez and Romeo Tanghal Gallery of robert frey Batman 14 Splash by Jerry Robinson Gallery of Gary Land Iron Man #55 Page One Full Splash by Jim Starlin and Mike Esposito Gallery of James Halperin Ghost Rider 1 page 34 by Javier Saltares and Mark Texeira Gallery of Michael Browning Honorable Mentions Showcase #55 Full Page Splash by Murphy Anderson Gallery of James Halperin Published: Interior Panel Pages Star Spangled War Stories #145 pg.28 Enemy Ace by Joe Kubert Gallery of MY NAME IS LEGION Great example featuring Enemy Ace. Need to get me a page like this eventually Flash Gordon 1 p 11 by Al Williamson Gallery of Rob L Can’t beat teaming up Al and Flash Werewolf by Night #1 p. 27 by Mike Ploog Gallery of Timothy Finney WWBN face is classic Ploog Swamp Thing #5, page 6 origin page by Berni Wrightson Gallery of Brian Boggs Amazing Spiderman 59 Splash by John Romita, Don Heck and Mike Esposito Gallery of Ankur J Can’t beat MJ dancing. Honorable Mentions SILVER SURFER 7- page 9 by John and Sal Buscema Gallery of Sam 06 Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-man #132 page 9 by Mike Zeck and Bob McLeod Gallery of THIEFAR art Fantastic example from Kraven's Last Hunt Weird Fantasy 19 Page 4 by Al Williamson and Roy Krenkel Gallery of Allan Elegeert Great art and story, I own the page before this one. Published: Strip Art Bloom County 6/5/84 by Berke Breathed Gallery of Gary Land I am a sucker for Hitchcock and Bloom County. Love it!!!!! Flash Gordon, Sunday, 2-23-1936 by Alex Raymond Gallery of Ronan Killack Terry and the Pirates, 4/7/41, Burma! by Milt Caniff Gallery of Ron Sonenthal Hmmm Dragon Lady! Terry and the Pirates 1948-01-07 by George Wonder Gallery of Ruben DaCollector SECRET AGENT CORRIGAN 2/4/1975 by Al Williamson Gallery of Felx Lu Honorable Mentions Sky Masters of the Space Force, 2-21-1959 by Jack Kirby Gallery of Ronan Killack Modesty Blaise 9627 by Enric Romero Gallery of Rob L Published/Unpublished: Commissions The Marriage of Liberty Belle and Johnny Quick by Jerry Ordway Gallery of michael dunne Sweet!!! Ordway is THE artist for Liberty Belle and All-Star Squadron. Valkyrie & The Lady Liberators #1 faux cover by Tom Grummett Gallery of Erik S http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9114 Behold: Clea! by P. Craig Russell Gallery of Filmore W. Bedwick http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9280 Marionette by JOSEPH MICHAEL LINSNER Gallery of Andrew Allen http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9199 Scarlett of GI Joe Commission by Josh Middleton Gallery of Malvin V http://www.comicartfans.com/LowryPiece.asp?Piece=9352 Honorable Mentions Green Lantern-Alan Scott by Tom Derenick Gallery of michael dunne Black Bolt by Mike McKone Gallery of Leonard Richman STAR-LORD and GAMORA by Ken Kelly Gallery of Brian Rickard Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches "Who Ghost There?" by Ryan Sook Gallery of Michael Rankins ANTMAN & THE WASP by ALAN DAVIS Gallery of Rich Cirillo Gotham Sirens Harley Ivy Catwoman by Ivan Reis, Robson Rocha, Paulo Siqueira Gallery of Anthony F Batman And Catwoman by Tim Sale Gallery by Dean Abraham Honorable Mentions Taarna by Rags Morales GAllery of Michael Rankins Silk Spectre/Sally Jupiter by John Higgins Gallery of Jason Borelli Unpublished/Published: Other Noir by Thomas Grindberg Gallery of Ray Cuthbert Love the lighting!!!!! Bettie Page pinup art by Dave Stevens Gallery Michael Browning Miss Lace, Male Call 1943 by Milton Caniff Gallery of Ron Sonenthal Enchantment by Boris Vallejo Gallery of Michael Diaz Classic!!!! I remember this well, one of his best works. Indiana Jones and The Secret of the Sphinx by Drew Struzan Gallery of Rabid Ferret Honorable Mentions Miss Lace Trio of Tie Designs by Milton Caniff Gallery of Jeff Singh Piracy illustration 1955 by George Woodbridge Gallery of Drake Tungsten Be seeing you, Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_not_so_nice Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Got my votes cast. In no particular order . . . Published/Unpublished: Covers Wonder Woman 6 Cover Frank Cho - Because FRANK CHO ! Gallery of Dean Abraham (one of my top 5 favorite collections on CAF) Detective Comics #39 Cover - YUKO ! ! Gallery of Mark Tomlinson Tales of the Unexpected featuring The Spectre #7 Cover by Arthur (Art) Adams - Because ART ADAMS ! Gallery of Rune Rasmussen VENOM #150 - Perspective Gallery of Ruben DaCollector Planet Comics #1 Cover - Because fish tanks for helmets Gallery of James Halperin Published: Splash Pages, Pinups New Mutants 25 pg30 Bill Sienkiewicz - Great splash Gallery of Dean Abraham Wonder Woman # 128, pages 2 and 3 - This DPS has just got it going on Gallery of Filmore W. Bedwick Gary Frank Batman Earth One Vol 2 pg 146 - Because Gary Frank and one other thing . . . . . . . CAPE ! ! Gallery of B. Carter Joëlle Jones - Lady Killer series 2 #4 - p12-13 - Because a DPS with strippers is gonna get my vote every time Gallery of Karl-Erik Lindkvist New Teen Titans 4 DPS pages 2 and 3 - WOW Gallery of Robert Frey Published: Interior Panel Pages (the toughest category to narrow down) Mouse Guard - Winter 1152 - Because meeses ! Gallery of Eltanin C JH Williams III Batwoman 5 pg 20 - JHWIII ! I need to get a JHWIII page of my own Gallery of B. Carter Catwoman 4 page 13 by Darwyn Cooke - I didn't know Darwyn Cooke's name before CATWOMAN, but now I'll never forget it. Gallery of Mike Rice Preacher #11 Page 23 - Death of T.C. What a Total C***. Have to show some love for the PREACHER page, even though they all suck and I don't recommend anyone buying or "investing" in them. Horrible, just horrible. Gallery of Michael Selhorn Kelley Jones - Sandman # 24 page 10 - If you post a KJones SANDMAN page you'll get my vote every year. Gallery of Luca Serrao Published: Strip Art I'm not much of a strip art fan, but apparently I really like Carol Day and Terry and the Pirates. Terry and the Pirates 1948-01-07 - Dragon Lady GGA! - GGA! Gallery of Ruben DaCollector Terry and the Pirates, 4/7/41, Burma! - Caniff Gallery of Ron Sonenthal Wright, David - Carol Day, 139 (1957) - That first panel ! Gallery of Ronan Killack Carol Day daily - 3/14/1958 (#468) Gallery of Mark Yanko "Wallace Wood" (by Daniel Clowes) (Twentieth Century Eightball) Gallery of Comicart B Published/Unpublished: Commissions Behold: Clea! - Love the addition of "Clea" in the artwork. Gallery of Filmore W. Bedwick Jim Woodring - Nightwalk (Frank and Pupshaw) - WOW Gallery of Michael Diaz Maleficent by Walt Simonson - Love the solid black figure framed by the outlined dragon. Gallery of Alex Johnson Anderson Carmen Little Benno in Slumberland - Dig the panel layout on this. Love when one figure is used throughout several panels Gallery of Benno Rothschild ALIENS (Daniel Warren Johnson) - FWOOSHH Gallery of Felix Lu Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches Babydoll (Sucker Punch) by Jae Lee - because ACTION ! Gallery of Alan Hamilton Pirate Ship by Jeremy Bastian Gallery of Alex Johnson Amora The Enchantress convention sketch by Cam Smith - KRACKLE Gallery of Robert Bown Batman And Catwoman Tim Sale - Gallery 0f Dean Abraham Supergirl - Phil Noto Gallery of Eewwnuk ! Unpublished/Published: Other Vader's Little Princess (2013) by Jeffrey Brown Gallery of John Espinoza Pinup of Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow Gallery of Carlos Garcia Macias Cycloid by Michael Whelan Gallery of Miki Annamanthadoo Blazing Saddles European poster Gallery of Brian Peck Grindberg, Thomas - Noir Gallery of Ray Cuthbert Rune 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyNameIsLegion Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Here are my votes- I just did a screen grab before I submitted for each category: (I'm much to lazy to do all this fancy linking and stuff and I find this easier to remember what I chose) I surprised myself with a few of my choices- especially in the Strip category- and I think the Caro Day #139 strip I chose may be one of the finest daily panel strips I have ever seen. It is perfect IMO. Published/Unpublished: Covers Published: Splash Pages, Pinups Published: Interior Panel Pages Published: Strip Art Published/Unpublished: Commissions Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches Unpublished/Published: Other Edited January 18, 2018 by MYNAMEISLEGION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsonenthal Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 My picks are generally based on finding pieces that I would want in my collection. I don't usually pick up unpublished pieces, so seeing all of those is really a treat. Thanks to everyone for participating! My votes: Covers Rom 3 (Miller) - Michael Diaz Avengers 195 (Perez) – Robert Frey Adventure 439 (Aparo) – My name is Legion Amazing Spider-Man 98 (Kane) – Gene Park Cloak and Dagger 3 (Leonardi) – Jeremy Radisch Splashes/Pinups Submariner 2 (Buscema) – Sam 06 The Twelve 11 (Weston) – Robert Brown Iron Man 91 (Tuska) – Daren Domina Iron Man 55 (Starlin) – James Halperin Doctor Strange 46 (Golden) – John Sisson Interior Panel pages Daredevil 11 (Powell) – Comicart B The Shadow 4 (Chaykin) – John Cogan Master Comics 1 (Alfred) – Aaron N Spirit 1948 (Eisner) – Benno Rothschild Avengers 5 (Kirby) – J Sid Strip Art Flash Gordon 1936 (Raymond) – Ronan Killack Skymasters 1959 (Kirby) – Ronan Killack Secret Agent Corrigan (Williamson) – Felix Lu Krazy Kat 1920 (Herriman) – Jeff Singh Modesty Blaise 7394A (Romero) – John Stuart Commissions Robin (Booth) – eewwnuk Batman and Spectre (Dragotta) – Sideshow Bob Maleficent (Simonson) – Alex Johnson Wonder Woman 111 (Cho) – Gary Land Little Benno in Slumberland (Carmen) – Benno Rothschild Convention Sketches Batman and Catwoman (Sale) – Dean Abraham Hanami Picnic (Sakai) – Eltanin C Lone Ranger (Kaluta) – Tim Finney Spacegirl (Rivera) – Justin Leigh Leiter Who Ghost There? (Sook) – Michael Rankins Unpublished/Published Other Noir (Grindberg) Ray Cuthbert A Town called (Chantrell) - Terry Doyle Indiana Jones (Struzan) – Rabid Ferret Blazing Saddles (Stivers) – Brian Peck Miss Lace Trio (Caniff) – Jeff Singh Ron Sonenthal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltanin Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Finally cast my votes! As usual, picking only 5 in each category was a hard choice, with all these great pieces. Covers: Splash pages, pinups: Interior panel pages: Strip art: Commissions: Convention sketches: Others: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxjhnsn Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 My votes might be different tomorrow, but it is too late to change them. Enjoy AJ Published/Unpublished Covers - My criteria: Would it make be buy the comic and would I want it 1) Amazing Adventures #1 by Jack Kirby, John Romita, and Frank Giacoia - Hans Kosenkranius Kirby and Romita on the same cover. The Inhumans (a favorite) and a Romita beauty. That’s a great combination. Congratulations, Hans 2) Elektra Saga #4 Cover by Frank Miller - Jeff Singh Miller at his best. A powerful woman, a hoard of Ninjas, wonderful use fo black and white. Yeah, I’d buy this comic (and did) 3) Daredevil: The Man Without Fear Issue 4 Cover - Kingpin! by John Romita Jr. and Al Williamson - Malvin V. A powerful cover with wonderful inks. I’m not a big JRjr fan. He needs a strong inker in my opinion to get the best looking pages and Williamson is one of the best. Great cover. 4) Planet Comics #1 Cover - Jim Halperin Ugly aliens, beautiful damsel who while under duress looks like she can handle it, a handsome hero and Lou Fine pushing the pencil. That’s pretty awesome! I should have started an auction house. Congrats, Jim! 5) Wonder Woman 6 Cover Frank Cho - Dean Abraham It’s pretty, very, very pretty. Published: Splash Pages, Pinups - My criteria: Do I want it in my collection. The primary issues are: do I find it attractive, do I associate the artist with the character, and does the image make me want to know the story. 1) Superboy and the Legion 233 page 1 by James Sherman/Bob Wiacek - Miki Annamanthaodoo This meets all three criteria - I’m a Legion fan, Sherman is one of my favorite LSH artists and I don’t have a page by him, and it makes me want to go back and reread the story. It makes me smile. 2) Wonder Woman # 128, pages 2 and 3 by John Byrne - Filmore W. Bedwick I’m not a huge John Byrne fan, but I think this is a lovely image. It’s an outlier in my criteria. I don’t think of John as a WW artist, I don’t really care about the backstory, it’s just beautiful. 3) Negative Burn 16 page 11 by Terry Moore - James Bella I love the image, I’m really curious as to the story. I’ve never heard of Negative Burn. Guess I’ll have to correct that. 4) New Teen Titans 4 DPS pages 2 and 3 by George Perez/Rafael Tanghal - Robert Frey Classic Perez at the height of his powers on the book for which he is best known. Interesting layout, the usual 1000 characters on the page. I do want to know the story. It’s a winner. 5) Batman 14 Splash by Jerry Robinson - Gary Land I doubt that there is anything in Gary’s collection that I wouldn’t like to have at my house. Jerry Robinson, Batman,a host of interesting looking people. This is great. I almost went with Marvel Age 90 by Fred Hembeck (S C’s gallery) and Iron Man 55 by Jim Starlin (James Halperin). I love both, but … Published: Interior Panel Pages - My criteria: I’m looking for artist/character combination, interesting layouts, and readability plus a good looking image. 1) Swamp Thing #5, page 6 origin page by Berni Wrightson - Brian Bogg’s Okay, if I were to get one Bernie Wrightson page, this might be it. Certainly, it’s in my personal top 10 of his work. I love the body language and expressions. He retold the origin quickly, succinctly, and beautifully. Wow! 2) Strangers in Paradise v3 #11 page 10 by Terry Moore - James Belia This section is so rich in pieces that I like. Several each from Bernie and Terry Moore. I’ve never read SIP though I’ve greatly enjoyed the few bits that I’ve seen and I really enjoyed Echo and Rachel Rising. Terry is a wonderful story teller and this is a good example. I don’t know this section of the story, but I like the symmetry of the women and the use of shadow to divide the top panel. Their body language is excellent. I like the change of camera position in the next two panels and the final one is a blast! 3) Motor Girl #6, pg 16 by Terry Moore - Sideshow Bob Yeah, I’m a Terry fan. This page tells a story and poignantly. Sam is about to break - physically and mentally. The little boy is so cute and appealing. How can someone do this? I worry about Terry sometimes! 4) The Shadow Mini-Series #4 page 23 by Howard Chaykin - John Cogan Howard’s use of shadows and the small panel to move the man in the tux forward are all excellent. I really like this page. 5) Sinister House of Secret Love by Alex Toth - Trevor Pearson What can I say, Alex tells a great story. I love the close ups, the eyes, the expressions. This is good stuff. I greatly admire many other pieces in this, e.g., the other Wrightsons, the Sean Murphy Batman, and the Mouse Guard piece. For the latter, look at the mice in the bottom. Each has a different personality expressed by their body language. Great book. Check it out. Published: Strip Art - Criteria: Story telling, appealing image Okay my first three are Carol Day strips. I can’t help it; I’m a huge fan of David Wright’s work for the first 1000 strips or so. David Wright had been a fashion artist and it shows on the strip. He does wonderful work on fabric draping. He’s wonderful with light and shadow as well and look at the hatching. Mine can be found here and my favorite of all time is linked from the Description. 1) Carol Day 139 by David Wright - Ronan Killack The first panel is outstanding. I love the two near silhouettes of Carol. Her friend looking up from the bed is so natural. 2) Carol Day 468 by David Wright - Mark Yanko Another wonderful use of light and shadow in the first panel. The face in the last panel is classic. 3) Carol Day 47 by David Wright - Mark Howland Love Carol’s body language and the draping of her dress. Look at the hands and the turn of Carol’s head in the last panel. Lovely work. 4) Cisco Kid 6-21-51 by Jose Luis Salinas - Steve Kriozere Lovely work. I’ve heard about these strips for years, but never really looked into them That may have to change. 5) Krazy Kat Sunday 12/26/20 by George Herriman - Jeff Singh A wonderful example of the craziness found in that strip. I need to read my copy of the Herriman biography. I thought that this was a really rich category this year. Published/Unpublished: Commissions - Character / Artist combinations that I like or images that I really enjoy 1) Weird Scrooge Fantasy 29 by Don Rosa - S C How can you go wrong with a team up of Frank Frazetta and Don Rosa? It makes me smile and fits in both of my criteria 2) Bigby Wolf, Boy Blue, & Fly Catcher going off on a Quest by Mark Buckingham - Leonard Richman Fables was an all-time favorite for me and Mark Buckingham was a big reason. Three of the most interesting characters from the book are featured here by the best artist in the series. This is a winner for me. 3) Nightwalk (Frank and Pupshaw) by Jim Woodring - Michael Diaz I’ve admired Woodring’s work from afar; I own nothing by him, but the images I see have always attracted em. This one is really special. 4) Adam Strange by Albert Monteys - P Portillo I doubt that this will get a lot of votes, but it really stuck with me. There’s something here that I can’t quite place. I think it’s terrific. 5) Detective 27 Homage by Ardian Syaf - eewwnuk 1 It was hard to pick this last spot. Eewwnuk 1’s other Batman entry is equally striking and the Cho WW and Adams Capt. Marvel are both lovely and there are many others as well. That said, I chose this one. I think it’s beautifully painted and is a striking image. Unpublished: Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches - Criteria same as for commissions 1) Batman and Catwoman by Tim Sale - Dean Abraham Wonderful. I’ve often wanted to get something from Tim, but … 2) Hanami Picnic by Stan Sakai - Eltanin C Love Stan’s work and the characters he has created. Excellent. 3) Who Ghost There? by Ryan Sook - Michael Rankins Nice work by Ryan. 4) Antman and The Wasp by Alan Davis - Rich Cirillo Not much to say except that Alan’s work is exceptional 5) Taarna by Rags Morales - Michael Rankins Who knew Michael would buy a single character sketch! No clue who Taarna is, but I doubt that she’s ever looked better. Unpublished/Published: Other - Images that I like 1) Vader’s Little Princess (2013) by Jeffrey Brown - John Espinoza If you haven’t read these books, you should. Yeah, they aren’t canon, but then what is? 2) Vintage 1980's Shadow illustration by Howard Chaykin - John Cogan Striking image. 3) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe book cover by Roger Hane - Comicart B Cool to see the original art for this book. I’ve owned my copy for decades and I find the covers interesting. 4) Miss Lace, Male Call 1943 by Milt Caniff - Ron Soenethal If Ron buys it, I’ll like it. Besides, how could you not like this? 5) Miss Lace Trio of Original Art by Milton Caniff - Tie Designs by Milt Caniff - Jeff Singh Jeff is another whose taste I admire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironmandrd Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Just finished voting. Thanks again to CAF, Bill, Brian et al for putting this together. A few observations--This is such a GREAT way to see a bunch of art that may otherwise be missed. Every category had me saying "wow" to one or more pieces I hadn't seen before. For me, the three hardest categories to pick only 5 were (in order): Interior Panel Pages, Covers and surprisingly Other. Just so many great pieces overall. One question that occurred to me was about the distinction between Commissions and Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches since many of the convention sketches looked as detailed as the Commissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxjhnsn Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 13 minutes ago, Ironmandrd said: One question that occurred to me was about the distinction between Commissions and Sketch Covers/Convention Sketches since many of the convention sketches looked as detailed as the Commissions. The distinction is done "at home" vs. "done on site." So, pre-con list where the piece is ready when you get there is a commission. A piece that you asked to have done and which was completed at the show (on-site) is a convention sketch regardless of quality or cost. My Bastian Pirate Ship (in my eyes at least) is incredible. He did it overnight at the show so a convention sketch. Yes, this does lead to some "quality differences" since a 10m sketch at the table isn't the same as one done in 30m or an hour in the hotel room, but ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxjhnsn Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 22 minutes ago, Reader said: The pirate ship is absolutely incredible, got my vote. I almost entered an unpublished Sam Kieth sketch. Not a commission or convention thing. Just a gift that he sent. Then I forgot about it and the time to enter passed. Thanks. I generally don't buy a lot of art from the same artist. However, I have three pieces from Jeremy and if I won the lottery, I'd buy a page from the book. That's a lot of art from one artist by my standards. Here's the links to the other pieces if you are interested: Cursed Pirate Girl portrait Cursed Pirate Girl versus Grandfather Crab The battle with the crab was actually Jeremy's first commission and I recently acquired it from that commissioner, Rob Stolzer. There are two letters of provenance in the Additional Images: one from Jeremy to Rob and one from Rob to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironmandrd Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 28 minutes ago, alxjhnsn said: The distinction is done "at home" vs. "done on site." So, pre-con list where the piece is ready when you get there is a commission. A piece that you asked to have done and which was completed at the show (on-site) is a convention sketch regardless of quality or cost. My Bastian Pirate Ship (in my eyes at least) is incredible. He did it overnight at the show so a convention sketch. Yes, this does lead to some "quality differences" since a 10m sketch at the table isn't the same as one done in 30m or an hour in the hotel room, but ... Thanks. Yeah I thought it was something like that with the necessary middle-ground-but-needs-to-go-somewhere piece being done in the hotel but still counting as a convention sketch. What about ones done by an artist at home (but not commissioned by anyone) and brought to the show (so liked the 3 or 4 single character Thanos or Captain Marvel pieces that Jim Starlin brings to a show.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
